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The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Report Wrongdoing

UNOPS takes all reports of alleged wrongdoing seriously.

The Internal Audit and Investigations Group (IAIG) has sole responsibility for conducting investigations into misconduct within UNOPS. IAIG is the principal channel to receive allegations of fraud and corruption.

Harassment allegations should be sent to the harassment hotline, which is monitored by UNOPS People and Change Group.

Non-staff members (e.g., staff of other UN agencies, contractors, or vendors) may also report allegations of wrongdoing directly to IAIG.

UNOPS personnel are protected from retaliation for having reported allegations of wrongdoing or cooperating in good faith with an audit or investigation. Any personnel who fears or experiences retribution or retaliation after reporting suspected wrongdoing, or cooperating with an audit or investigation, can report the matter to the Ethics Officer.

It is often difficult to investigate anonymous complaints, as additional information is often required. IAIG encourages people to provide at least an anonymous email address.

IAIG will look into your complaint and review the information you provided. When reporting misconduct or fraud, people are encouraged to be as specific as possible, including the basic details of who, what, where, when, how and why any of these incidents occurred.

IAIG will then determine if your complaint falls within its mandate. If not, IAIG will refer the matter to the relevant office. After analysis, and if appropriate, allegations will be investigated to determine whether wrongdoing has occurred.

Malicious complaints

Where a complainant provides information that he or she knew or should have known was false, the complaint may be considered to be a malicious complaint. Providing knowingly false information to IAIG by UNOPS personnel constitutes misconduct. UNOPS will sanction any personnel who deliberately makes a false accusation or intentionally provides false information.